BootSplash Change (10.3)

[promike]

Hello!
I've changed the original SuSE bootsplash, but is doesn't work.
I've followed this method:

extract theme to /etc/bootsplash/themes/

use Yast: Yast>system>/etc/sysconfig Editor>system>boot>theme>type name of theme -> Finish

optional step:
edit /etc/sysconfig/themes and check the line:
THEME="selected_bootsplash_theme"
(Comment: I can't checked it,because I haven't got themes file/folder in the sysconfig folder )

as superuser (root) type in terminal:
mkinitrd -s (size)x(size)

After I've rebooted the machine and I haven't got bootsplash, only the kernel messages.
And if I set back the Bootsplash name in the Yast, the green bootsplash run again.
(I tried to change the bootsplash many computers, but I'm always failed)

[peteh]

Refer to your other post on this. You need to check the 'man' pages for cpio and extract the files in the /boot/message archive.

[promike]

How, What, Where?
Soo, how can I extract the message file?


cpio - copy files to and from archives

SYNOPSIS
cpio {-o|--create} [-0acvABLV] [-C bytes] [-H format] [-M message] [-O
[[user@]host:]archive] [-F [[user@]host:]archive]
[--file=[[user@]host:]archive] [--format=format] [--message=message]
[--null] [--reset-access-time] [--verbose] [--dot] [--append] [--block-
size=blocks] [--dereference] [--io-size=bytes] [--quiet]
[--force-local] [--rsh-command=command] [--help] [--version] < name-
list [> archive]

cpio {-i|--extract} [-bcdfmnrtsuvBSV] [-C bytes] [-E file] [-H format]
[-M message] [-R [user][:.][group]] [-I [[user@]host:]archive] [-F
[[user@]host:]archive] [--file=[[user@]host:]archive] [--make-directo‐
ries] [--nonmatching] [--preserve-modification-time] [--numeric-uid-
gid] [--rename] [-t|--list] [--swap-bytes] [--swap] [--dot] [--uncondi‐
tional] [--verbose] [--block-size=blocks] [--swap-halfwords] [--io-
size=bytes] [--pattern-file=file] [--format=format]
[--owner=[user][:.][group]] [--no-preserve-owner] [--message=message]
[--force-local] [--no-absolute-filenames] [--sparse] [--only-ver‐
ify-crc] [--to-stdout] [--quiet] [--rsh-command=command] [--help]
[--version] [pattern...] [< archive]

cpio {-p|--pass-through} [-0adlmuvLV] [-R [user][:.][group]] [--null]
[--reset-access-time] [--make-directories] [--link] [--quiet] [--pre‐
serve-modification-time] [--unconditional] [--verbose] [--dot]
[--dereference] [--owner=[user][:.][group]] [--no-preserve-owner]
[--sparse] [--help] [--version] destination-directory < name-list

DESCRIPTION
GNU cpio is fully documented in the texinfo documentation. To access
the help from your command line, type

info cpio

The online copy of the documentation is available at the following
address:

http://www.gnu.org/software/cpio/manu

[peteh]

Create a new folder 'message' in your home folder. Open a terminal and cd to the new directory. Now as root

cpio -iv < /boot/message

This gives you a list of the files in the 'message' folder. Make whatever changes you wish (you may have to change permissions) and when you're satisfied go back to your terminal (still as root) and still in 'message' folder. Do

ls | cpio > message

You should now have a new 'message file in 'message' folder. Change /boot/message to /boot/message.bak and move your new 'message' file to /boot/

[promike]

Thanks, but here I can't edit, the bootsplash, it is only the grubsplash.
I've got:
16x16.fnt
back.jpg
en.hlp
en.tr
gfxboot.cfg
hu.hlp
hu.tr
init
lang
languages
pabout.txt
panim_a.jpg
painim.jog
pback.jpg
timer_a.jpg
translations.hu

Which file contains the grub text color/font,
and which contains the bootsplash?

[peteh]

I'm sorry. You're right. It's been a long time since I looked at this. What I've been explaining is just the grub menu background.